Tiger Head, Snake Tails
Subtitle: China today, how it got there, and where it is heading
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9781468303414
Description: Using a viewpoint that sees the country from the inside out, Jonathan Fenby links together the myriad features of today's China to arrive at a coherent picture of its nature and depict its future, both internally and in its impact on the rest of the world.
Table of contents: title: Never before; title: A nation on speed; title: Riding the rail; title: Mega-China; title: The motley nation; title: The giant hotpot; title: On the edge; title: Power control; title: How China grew; title: Owning history; title: Shadows of the past; title: The world and China; title: China and the world; title: The last frontier; title: Lack of trust; title: Cracks in the mirror; title: The price of success; title: The unfinished revolution